Lambs lettuce · Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia

When to plant lambs lettuce in Murmansk

Main outdoor window

11 Aug - 8 Sep

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

2 June

In Murmansk, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

1 Nov - 31 Mar

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Murmansk

Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.

Sow direct

11 Aug - 8 Sep

Ten weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

1 Nov - 31 Mar

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 14 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Very-hardy

Damaged below

-15°C (5°F)

Days to maturity

60–80

Min soil temp

4°C (39.2°F)

Spacing

10 cm

Sowing depth

6 mm (0.2 in)

Sun

Partial

Lambs lettuce through the year

Against the frost risk in Murmansk

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Lambs lettuce

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Why these dates

Sow from about ten weeks after midsummer into ground vacated by an earlier crop. It germinates in cool soil, so a late sowing is a feature rather than a compromise.

Survives -15C without protection. Frost does not damage the leaf at all, which is why it is a winter crop everywhere it is grown.

Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Lambs lettuce are timed for direct sowing 10 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Murmansk.

The median frost-free season here is 113 days, against 60 to 80 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Growing lambs lettuce in Murmansk

When should I plant lambs lettuce in Murmansk?

Aim for 11 Aug - 8 Sep in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 23 Aug - 20 Sep - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will lambs lettuce be ready to harvest in Murmansk?

Expect to start picking around 1 Nov - 31 Mar, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will lambs lettuce tolerate?

Survives -15C without protection. Frost does not damage the leaf at all, which is why it is a winter crop everywhere it is grown.